Wes talks with STREET OUTLAWS: No Prep Kings star and longtime small tire drag racer Justin “Lil’ Country” Swanstrom on where he feels radial tire racing is headed.
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Swanstrum is so full of crap It wasn't but 5 months ago he bought all the stuff for his Car to run RVW You mean to tell me he didn't know all of this 5 months ago He just doesn't to get his ass dragged That's the real problem
Swinging to the front…Justin Hell Yeah…
Just saying NPK and Street Outlaws Has has brought back 1960's !970'S early 1980's grudge aka match racing! People love that kind of racing!
NPK is exciting, but I don’t know what level of staying power it will have either. The average fans chase the excitement, which to them is really carnage and milestones. Pro level racing took a dip once the last big milestones were crossed and performance gains leveled off. It starts to look boring to most people when everyone’s running the same numbers throughout the field for years. Radial came along and you had guys dragging bumpers, cars flying and wrecks happening chasing 3s. Now the performance has pretty much leveled off in all the radial classes, and the appeal is losing out to NPK, because NPK has more excitement with people unfortunately tearing stuff up trying to master the class. Once you get consistency in NPK with cars just making clean laps side by side, the fans are gonna chase the next high, which may be someone like Duck throwing a small tire no prep race with a bunch of classes like radial and turning the clocks back on chasing ETs. Racers love racing and the next new challenge, but the of course will go after the purses; the fans are going to follow the most exciting racing in their eyes to get the best bang for their buck.
I'm obviously a bracket racer, but I totally understand his comment about cars going down the track constantly being entertaining to the fans. It makes it where they don't necessarily need to be out there until the final 4 cars go down the track to see good racing. At NPK you can legitimately have 2-3 hours to burn, decide to go to the track, and see some really cool stuff. This is whether you're there at 10 am or 10 pm.
I don't agree with S.J.
I think the economy is hurting alot of people and the TV show is just helping that one class .
Back pre-track prep ALL drag racing was No Prep, every race was a tuner/drivers race, that might be the lure of NPK
Yup and Stevie Fast would be AMAZING for tv, so glad is interested. Hope they let him do it!
JS better keep that 6 figure job close. Big f'n mouth and swelled up head. I say cancel him….
I like watching records break what records npk breaking
RVW is for the elite few
My family enjoys drag racing of all kinds and it is a way for 3 generations of us to come together, have something in common and escape the toils and troubles of normal life. We used to go to and support the Duck x Drag Radial stuff and get together and watch it on FloRacing. However, the announcer’s constant political comments and insults grew very tiring and caused us to argue. And he won’t stop. So, we are done with that crap. If we wanted political commentary we would watch cable news, not spend our weekend at a drag race.
Now we have NPK to enjoy together and it is all about good ‘ol drag racing like the old match race days. The cast of characters cover the spectrum and everyone of us have our different favorites and not-so-favorites which we relate to in some special way. It just makes it more fun. Guys like Justin and Big Country🥰 bring on the fun! Thank you.
SwanGang to the front! 💪💪💪
A Fan base is very fluid. It will follow where the excitement is. The allure of NPK in my eyes is the potential to wad up a high end race car and put themselves (the driver) at risk…. That's where the draw is. Fans love someone who will hang it out there. Evel Knievel is prime example. It will draw people in. But don't discount the NHRA. They still fill the stands up. Once again those TF cars and bikes and insane… Justin is on point. And yes, Stevie should get right up in it. Follow the trend.
They have no ideal how fast there going they don’t get time slips or show there times on the scoreboard there not going as fast as they think they are Justin think he’s running in the mid 3 with his new car when he’s running high 6’s low 7’s, and you don’t make no money running NPK either Pilgrim media and Discovery are footing a huge part of the bill for these guys that’s why there all running the same setups, he even admits he’s an ass and couldn’t be in NHRA because of it, for that reason a sponsor will never ever pick him up, at NHRA they only prep the first 60ft of the track, not the whole thing, in the NPK race they prep from the finish line all the way too the return lane, and in my 30+ years of drag racing NHRA/IHRA I’ve never seen them stop a race to re-prep kid doesn’t know anything about real sanctioned racing, only reason to stop is if there’s a liquid spill or a crash on track, only reason the kid got a win this year is I told him what was wrong with his car and how to fix it, his transmission and tach were wired wrong and not working correctly it was short shifting 2nd-5th gears
He thinks it’s dead cause he can’t win at real drag racing just tv no prep
When npk came to Bristol tn I was there from 3pm to 2am. There was 30k fans there. It was packed. But it did rake some time to finish it. It was worth it to me to see chief beat kye. I think now they have their shit together now and it doesn't take that long now. NPK RULES.
NPK is basically an new version of match racing
Radial tire isn’t dying. NPK is just new and it’s cool right now. Not to mention it’s TV big. Radial tire racing isn’t going anywhere.
Justin is a real 1 I love how he dnt give a fuck and speaks his mind lol and he's all about his fans that's BADASS
If u don't wanna show your numbers go back to grudge after npk
So it's about branding now an then the racing in general is dead. Have a good day
NPK = WWE RvW = UFC.
I agree with most of what you said about the NHRA and their "Pro Show".. But you left out the Sportsman classes, LOTS of people can relate to those cars and racers .
The biggest races in the world are Duck and Montys races, and what are they? Radial.
Radial cars for me
Nothing but facts! The only radial classes I watch are LDR ,X275, LIMITED STREET AND X235 and N/T 28S, SB BOOST MAYBE MY FAVORITE !
Npk has passed radial racing and nhra
Pro mod only class left nhra has worth a damn and mountain motor pro stock better to watch than nhra fuel injected bull crap
Many of us don't have half million dollar cars that we afford to wreck then just have another one ready to go..I personally have almost no chance of ever winning any money period..but I like to go fast and time trial on my hand built, jerry rigged,turbo bike..then hit the cooler lol
30 under 30 seems more political than actually awarding deserving people. By no means am I saying some didnt deserve this but some just got money and clout. If you haven't won a championship sit your over funded, under performing ass down!
I wonder if the NPK will allow Steve Jackson into the series. He is a character that has an interesting story. I had no idea it's invite only series.
So is stevie jackson allowed race at NPK race your way inn
What 6 figure job?